Washington Heights-Inwood City Council Results: Ydanis Rodriguez Defends Seat

Update 12 a.m.: City Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez has defended his seat in the City Council's 10th district, which spans Washington Heights and Inwood, in the Democratic primary, New York 1 and the New York Times reported. With 99 percent of the vote counted, Rodriguez has captured 61 percent of the vote, according to unofficial results from the New York City Board of Elections. Challengers Josue Perez and Francesca Castellanos captured 30 percent and 7 percent of the vote respectively.

Original article below:

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS-INWOOD, NY — Primary elections for local offices in New York City's will be held Tuesday Sept. 12, meaning that party-affiliated voters get to select which candidates they want to represent their party in the general election in November.

New York City is a Democratic stronghold, meaning whichever candidate claims the Democratic nomination during the primaries often wins the general by a landslide. So if you're registered to vote, don't wait until November's contests.

Polls open at 6 a.m. and close at 9 p.m. Patch will update this article as results are released.

Washington Heights and Inwood are represented by one city council district, which features a contested primary this year. The three-candidate race features and incumbent defending his seat against candidates running on platforms critical of the councilman's vision for Uptown.

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Don't know anything about the candidates running for city council in your district? Don't worry, Patch has you covered. Check out Patch's voting guides for council district 10.

City council districts are often oddly-shaped and many New Yorkers probably can't name which district they live in off the top of their head. There are polling places across each council district; your specific one depends on where you live. To find your polling place, click here and enter your address.

New York City's primaries are also organized by party affiliation — sorry independent voters. Only voters registered as Democrats or Republicans can vote in the respective primary elections. After entering your address on that same website above, under "Primary Election - 09/12/2017," click "Ballot Information" then choose your party. You will see your choices for all available offices.

If you're interested in learning about citywide elections for offices such as the mayor, public advocate and comptroller check out this election guide by Patch.

Experienced voters are sure to notice that the "I Voted" stickers handed out at each polling place feature new designs. More than 10,000 people voted in a campaign organized by the New York City Campaign Finance Board to select a new sticker. More than 700 designs were submitted to the board, which narrowed the vote down to 10 finalists.

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